Hello Darkness My Old Friend In grad school I was friends with a guy who always, after summer solstice, would remark that it was now all downhill from here until December, light-wise. It’s darker every day! he would say cheerfully, which I have thought of, with amusement, every single year since then. Probably people who […]
Woes and Wins
July 7, 2025 by
In the past two months, four podcasts that I follow have recorded their final episodes ever. Four! Two of those were the kind of podcasts that I would actively look forward to and would download and listen to as soon as I could, and those two are as different as can be: Dear Prudence, an […]
Thank You For Being A Friend: Nourishing Relationships
June 30, 2025 by
Yesterday I went to the first baby shower I’ve been to in well over a decade. I have known the father-to-be since he was a young teen, and in my mind he’s still that age, even though intellectually I know that a) he is older than my own sons, who are grown adults, and b) […]
To Sleep, Perchance To Dream: Sleepytime Nourishment
June 23, 2025 by
Is there anything worse than sleep deprivation? I guess there are a lot worse things, but without delving into the Very Bad Things In The World, I would say that sleep deprivation is up there, Steve. The thing about sleep is that it is so important for overall health: lack of sleep can be tied […]
Then Sings My Soul: Nourishing Through Nature
June 16, 2025 by
It is not yet officially summer, and yet it is summer! I have this very strange scarcity mindset when it comes to beautiful summer days, the cause of which I can pinpoint exactly: living 95% of my life in Calgary. Listen, when a beautiful day presents itself in Calgary, you had better drop everything and […]
Glorious Food and Joyful Movement: Nourishing the Body
June 9, 2025 by
I have never run a marathon, and it is unlikely in the extreme that I ever will, but in spite of – or maybe because of – this, I was absolutely fascinated by a podcast interview of a Belgian woman who, at age 55, ran a marathon every day in 2024. Every day. And 2024, […]
Brain Nourishment
June 2, 2025 by
For as long as I can recall, my grandma worked on a crossword puzzle every single day. It was probably twenty-five years ago when I commented on this to her, while filling in a few of the clues myself (64 across, seven letters, second letter L, one of the Golden Girls). She told me that […]
